Conjugation

工夫する

くふうするkufū suru

be resourceful

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 家出する, 対応する, 左クリックする

  • Like する

    工夫する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 工夫できる.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative工夫しますくふうしますkufū shimasu
    2. negative工夫しませんくふうしませんkufū shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative工夫しましたくふうしましたkufū shimashita
    2. negative工夫しませんでしたくふうしませんでしたkufū shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 工夫してくふうしてkufū shite
    2. request工夫してくださいくふうしてくださいkufū shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 工夫しましょうくふうしましょうkufū shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative工夫したいくふうしたいkufū shitai
    2. negative工夫したくないくふうしたくないkufū shitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative工夫するくふうするkufū suru
    2. negative工夫しないくふうしないkufū shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative工夫したくふうしたkufū shita
    2. negative工夫しなかったくふうしなかったkufū shinakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain工夫しているくふうしているkufū shite iru
    2. polite工夫していますくふうしていますkufū shite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain工夫できるくふうできるkufū dekiru
    2. polite工夫できますくふうできますkufū dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 工夫したらくふうしたらkufū shitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain工夫されるくふうされるkufū sareru
    2. polite工夫されますくふうされますkufū saremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 工夫しようくふうしようkufū shiyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order工夫しろくふうしろkufū shiro
    2. ban工夫するなくふうするなkufū suru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative工夫すればくふうすればkufū sureba
    2. negative工夫しなければくふうしなければkufū shinakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain工夫させるくふうさせるkufū saseru
    2. polite工夫させますくふうさせますkufū sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain工夫させられるくふうさせられるkufū saserareru
    2. polite工夫させられますくふうさせられますkufū saseraremasu